Miami Spartan Race 2012 (Video)

​Miami's Spartan Race took place Saturday and continues tomorrow, Sunday. Thousands showed up. Many ran through mud, slipped under barbed wire, and pulled huge tires for two hours. It was amazing, though rather expensive.

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Chuck Strouse is editor-in-chief of Miami New Times. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes and won dozens of other awards. He is an honors graduate of Brown University and has worked at newspapers including the Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times.